A NSW company that carelessly loaded a truck did not breach its duty of care to a driver who sustained an injury while re-stacking the load, a court has found.
Do you know what your legal obligations are to an injured worker wanting to return to the workplace? Here we compare employers' return to work requirements in each jurisdiction.
The NSW Police Service breached its duty of care by failing to make available Hepatitis B vaccinations for officers not considered "high risk", a NSW court has found.
A Federal Court full bench has upheld a finding that the AAT wrongly applied the "reasonable excuse" ambit in a case involving an injured worker who failed to undergo several rehabilitation programs.
An employer has been found guilty of failing to ensure that a worker who had in depth knowledge of safety procedures yet acted "in the height of foolishness" was not exposed to OHS risks.
A worker who reacted irrationally to a reasonable selection process in which she failed to gain a promotion has been awarded compensation for a psychiatric disorder, in a case that should ring warning bells for employers.
WorkCover was wrong to reject a worker's compensation claim solely on the basis of post-operative diagnoses when a pre-operative examination supported his claim, a SA tribunal has ruled.
